Jazz Night in America: On the List

Jazz Night in America is a radio and video documentary series that goes deep on stories across the jazz diaspora. On the List shakes loose our staff's favorite new releases every month — from traditional tunes to avant-garde adventures to electronic experiments, we'll keep our ears open in order to present you with a selection of the genre's newly mined gems. These songs represent just a small sampling of the music released by jazz artists around the world; we hope that as we share our discoveries you feel inspired to embark on your own exploration of what's new. (If you'd like to hear the music featured on Jazz Night in America, we've got that, too.)

May 2024 favorites

Nduduzo Makhatini, "Water Spirits: Izinonjana"
Jharis Yokley, "Remedy"
Lauren Henderson, "Shadows"
Morgan Guerin, "Pyramids"
Zacchae'us Paul, "BANANA LAFFY TAFFY"
Koppel Blade Koppel, "Mavis"
Stephan Crump, "Eager"
Roxana Amed, "Then we built a home"
Nicola Caminiti, "Crowded Solitude"
MUTE, "Reaganomics"
Mike Monford, "Throw It Away (Live)
Vijay Ayer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey, "Ghostrumental"
Donny McCaslin, “Maxine”
Jamie Baum, “In the Light of Day”
BADBADNOTGOOD, “First Love”
Conrad Herwig feat. Eddie Palmieri, “Walk Spritit, Talk Spirit”
Arooj Aftab, “Whiskey”
Mike Casey, “Ghazal”
Star Rover feat. Kenny Wollesen, “Pulpo Lucido”
John Zorn, Petra Haden, Jesse Harris, Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, Ches Smith , “Every Moment After This - Live”
Jihn Escreet, “other side”
The Pocket Queen, "Cloud 9"
Julius Rodriguez, Keyon Harrold, "Love Everlasting”
Peter Thomas Sound Orchester, Donna Summer, “Black Power”
Criolo, Dino d'Santiago, Amero Freitas, “Esperança”
Charlie Peacock, John Patitucci, “Sound of the Room”
Cory Wong, “Assassin - Live”
Kenny Barron, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake, Immanuel Wilkins, Steven Nelson, “Sunset”

April 2024 favorites:

Ghost-Note, Casey Benjamin, "PoundCake"
Ìxtahuele, "Places"
Kamasi Washington, André 3000, "Dream State"
Amy Gadiaga, "Soar When I'm Alone"
Ibrahim Maalouf, "Fly with Me"
Nubiyan Twist, Seun Kuti, "Carry Me"
Brent Birckhead, "Cold Fried Chicken"
corto.alto,SHRUBLIFE, "EJS - SHRUBLIFE Remix"
Alan Braufman, "Brooklyn"
Nigel Hall, DJ Harrison, "Earth, Wind & Fire"
KVMTZ, "Calor Dominicano"
Celeste, "Blue Moon - From This Town The Original BBC Series "This Town"'
Snarky Puppy, Metropole Orkest, "The Curtain - Live from Dordrecht, Het Energiehuis/2014 (Bonus Version)"
Alyssa Allgood, Kendrick Scott, "No Good"
Cory Weeds, Champian Fulton, "Too Marvelous For Words"
Jacky Terrasson, Kenny Davis, Alvester Garnett, "Solar"
Marta Sánchez, "The Love Unable to Give"
Roxana Amed, "Our Days of Summer"
Bill Frisell, "We Shall Overcome'
Donny McCaslin, "Kid"
Grégoire Maret, Romain Collin, "Once Upon a Time in America (Deborah's Theme)"
Matt Wilson, "Fireplace"
Nduduzo Makhathini, "Libations: Omnaya"
9 Horses, "Röhl"
Shabaka, "Insecurities (feat. Moses Sumney)"